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VOLUME Fal l , ISSUE 6 WWW.LAKELANDMIRROR .COM THURSDAY, December 4 , 2008
Issue Highlights
Index
opInIons page 4
A&e page 6
FUn HoUse page 8
FeATURes page 11
spoRTs page 12
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Opinions
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A&E
The staff's top ten gift ideas for the holiday season.
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Featueres
The "writing love on your arm movement" was supported by Lakeland students.
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"Prop 8" may ban gay mar-riage in California.
Christmas at Lakeland this weekendJanet Herrick orchestrates second annual Boar's Head festival will
In two days, Lakeland College will continue its
old tradition of Christmas at Lakeland with its new twist of the Boar’s Head Festival.
Janet Herrick, associ-ate professor of music, was instrumental in the change from the regular Christmas concert to the Boar’s Head Festival. “Christmas music, for bands, doesn’t have a lot of variety or challenge, and Christmas was easy for the choir,” said Herrick.
“So I kind of felt that Christmas was becoming just another concert, but we don’t have to have just another concert. We are a church re-lated college; we can really celebrate the true Christmas.
“I did this [festival] in my church in Fort Worth, Texas. I’ve been sitting on it for 15 years since I came to Lake-land,” said Herrick.
“When Charlie Krebs [as-sistant professor of theatre and speech] was hired as the-atre director, I knew I would have someone who would re-ally help me with it [the festi-
val] because it is nothing that you can do alone.”
The Boar’s Head Festival came from fourteenth century England. Legend has it that while walking through the forest on his way to Christ-mas Mass, a scholar was con-fronted by a wild boar. Having no other weapon, he rammed his metal-bound book down the throat of the charging animal.
That night the boar's head was carried to the din-ing room, accompanied by a group of carolers; that proces-sion was the basis of the festi-val. It grew to include knights, ladies, cooks, hunters, and other historical characters all with their own symbolic meanings. Then shepherds and wise men were added to tell the Nativity story.
Upon its inception at Lakeland last year, the fes-tival was expanded on even more to make it better fit the Lakeland community. One ex-ample of this is a procession of international students as worshipers from around the world.
Participants in the festi-val include the entire music department, other students,
faculty, staff, and their fami-lies, as well as the audience themselves. Its members are asked to sing along with sev-eral of the carols performed throughout the night.
“The fact that the faculty and staff will put on costumes and appear on stage while the music groups perform is remarkable,” said Herrick. “Where else would that hap-pen? It truly says something about our college.
“Last year, so many peo-ple on our campus just trust-ed us and said, ‘Sure, I’ll be in that.’ My students now tell me that they thought I was nuts through the whole thing. I would try to explain what was going to happen, and they were like, ‘Okay, we’ll just do what she says,’” said Herrick. As a reward for their belief in the program and its directors, the original, costumed per-formers are guaranteed a part in the festival every year.
By no means will the Boar’s Head Festival be ex-actly the same from year to year. “We are going to build on it, make the costumes just a little bit nicer, add some children here and there. We’ll probably never stop changing
and arranging and making it more beautiful.”
That applies especially to the costumes worn on stage. Herrick said, “We still are not where we want to be with the costumes because they need to be very glamorous.” How-ever, it will be hard to elabo-rate on the already made cos-tumes because of the demand for new ones.
The main problem is that the child participants have grown over the past year. In a few cases there are cos-tumes to fit them, but oth-ers require new costumes and even new parts. “There are several boys who were sprites last year and are too big to be sprites anymore,” said Herrick. Some of them will become boy shepherds, and each of the three kings will now have a page.
Both performances were “sold out” last year, but there were many open seats due to snow storms on the perfor-mance dates. The possibility of having a third performance this year was discussed but not initiated. Depending on the demand for tickets this season, that option will be considered for next year.
By Brittney SandbergStaff [email protected]
Funhouse in technicolor pg 8
Tis' the season of BasketballMen's B-ball pg 14
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M I R R O RKarl Kuhn to teach honors seminarA trip to the Oglala Lakota homeland in South Dakota is scheduled for May. By Kristin Van GasseStaff [email protected]
Lakeland honors students and interested students
with at least a sophomore standing will be given the opportunity to go on a ten-day trip to study the Oglala Lakota homeland in western South Dakota during May term.
While staying at the Pine Ridge Reservation, students will be given the opportunity to visit important historical and religious sites, connect with Lakota teachers, leaders and people, and participate in a service learning project.
According to a brochure about the course, students
will “engage in the history and culture of the Lakota peo-ple, analyze how American expansionism has impacted the history, culture and socio-economic situation of the La-kota people, and appreciate the contribution Lakota tradi-tion and culture can make to our understanding of history, the natural world, and the sa-cred.”
“It’s not commonly real-ized that within the United States there are people living in third-world conditions, con-ditions of incredible poverty, lacking resources with signifi-cant social and economic prob-lems that they are confront-ing, and I think if students have the experience of being able to encounter that first
hand, even just for a small time, I think that increases their recognition that those types of problems exist, not only just around the world, but even here within our own nation,” said Karl Kuhn, asso-ciate professor of religion.
“I think anytime students are able to get out of their culture and experience a dif-ferent culture, they begin to understand something else about the world and how other people might view the world,” said Kuhn.
The price for the trip, which includes travel, lodg-ing, meals, entrance to the Wind Cave National Park and Crazy Horse Museum, and the costs of the Lakota speak-ers, is about $1200.
The course will be of-fered by Karl Kuhn and Brian Frink. In order for students to join the class, they must be an honors student or have sophomore standing.
According to Karl Kuhn, if any students are hesitant of going on the trip, “I would just challenge them [students] to take that step and to take the risk of trying a new experi-ence”
“I would encourage any-body who has the time and inclination to truly experience education to go. You never know what you are just going to bump into during that ex-perience that will change your life,” said Brian Frink, associ-ate professor of chemistry and physics.
English Is A FoReign Lan-gUage brings light to learning disabilities
The play, ENglish Is A FoReign LangUage, per-formed on Lakeland’s campus on Oct. 31 through November 2, brought to light afflictions that plague a good number of Lakeland College students, the disability to learn.
When John Sieglaff was younger he had problems understanding his father’s instructions. When asked to clean the sticks from the lawn before his father mowed it, John picked up only the sticks his father pointed at.
“I had a very literal mind,” said John. “It took a while for me to grasp a sense of com-mon sense.”
In seventh grade he was subjected to a variety of tests to decipher his ailments. “I felt my parents thought there was something wrong with me,” John said.
He was diagnosed with Audio Perception Disorder.
“ADP means it takes more time for my brain to under-stand the concept behind ver-balized words,” he said.
For John, communication
was a fierce enemy.“I view it as a challenge,
not a handicap,” said John.John decided to develop
a more conscious approach to his disorder. “I had an afflic-tion,” John said. “It became apparent I had a choice: sub-mit to the affliction or chal-lenge it.”
Some learning disabili-ties do not inhibit education but rather social learning. A student who wishes to re-main anonymous suffers from Asperger’s Syndrome, a mild-er form of autism.
“There is a barrier be-tween me and the world,” said the student. “Growing up you learn the codes and laws of how to act in society. That never happened to me; I had to be taught to function prop-erly.”
“I get frustrated interact-ing with the world. I thought I was weird and I didn’t know why. Someone had to explain ‘what’s up’ and how to re-spond,” the student reflected. “It’s embarrassing now that I think about it.”
Through school the stu-dent learned to cope with au-tism. “Learning how society works, I had to apply logic,” the student said. “Everyone else just got it.”
In fifth grade Jessica Steward was failing nearly
every class. Diagnosed with ADD, she explained, “It kind of puts you in front of every-body and puts a box around you.”
“There’s not enough time on tests,” Jessica said. Ver-bally, she has no problems re-laying information; on tests is where it becomes difficult.
“From my brain to my hands, I lose it somewhere.” Jessica said.
Treatment for her ADD started with Adderall and Ritalin. She did not like the way that it felt. Not knowing the reactions to the medica-tion she had rampant mood swings. “I’d get angry fast and then mellow out.”
Seeing that it was not helping, Jessica and her par-ents decided to end the treat-ment.
At Lakeland, Paul White, director of academic resource center, offers a number of dif-ferent means of accommoda-tion.
Realizing the benefits of Paul White’s, services she realized she would be able to demonstrate her knowledge without the stress of a time limit during tests. “I had to go to him, not the other way around. It was an added re-sponsibility,” Jessica said. In High school her counselor was her special education advisor
whom she saw every day. “I read word for word. I
can’t skim,” she said. Students like Jessica can
receive audio books if they have problems keeping their attention focused, but the re-lief does not stop there; test readers, scribes to take notes, assignments in advance, to extended time on assignments can all be requested.
“Accommodations are de-signed not to give advantages but to give the same chance to show what they have mas-tered in class,” said Paul. “It levels the playing field.”
The Hayssen Academic Resource Center (HARC) does not carry the same stigmas as in previous education sys-tems.
“In high school when you go to the resource room, ev-eryone knows,” said Paul.
The HARC not only fa-cilitates accommodations, but is a place to make up exams. Students visit for missed ex-ams, whether for a death in the family or traveling for sports.
“No one here knows ex-cept the student, me, and the instructor,” said Paul. Every day there are a wide variety of students in the HARC, rang-ing from test-taking to typing, studying to tutoring. “No one asks questions.”
By J.D. BotanaStaff [email protected]
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PHOTOOPINIONWhat is your best or worst holiday experience?
Sam Shepeck Sophomore
Criminal Justice
“I was walking into church on Christmas Eve, and I wore heels too high, and I twisted my ankle and almost
fell in front of everybody.”
Christopher Sewell Freshman Theology
“My best holiday experience would have to be spending the day
with my girlfriend, Erica.”
Jared Sparrey Freshman
Fitness Studies
“I had a little too much “eggnog” and I ended up puking all over the place, and I felt like crap the next morn-
ing.”
Kenya WardSenior
Writing
“My worst holiday experience was this past Thanksgiving when I had to go to
Indiana, and because my grandmother
passed things just seemed different.”
Jenessa Gac Sophomore
Criminal Justice
“Christmas is my favorite because every-one comes to my house
and we have a large group. "
Paul SmithSenior
Sociology & Psychology
“When my brother was in the Military, and he would come home for Christmas
leave.”
Marcus HaleSenior
Business Management
“My best experi-ence was when I was younger, and I got all the toys I wanted. "
Many homosexuals ar-gue that marriage is a right that should be allotted to them just as it is anyone else. Technically, marriage is not a right given by the Con-stitution, as it might force non-consenting persons to enter into a marriage that might be the ‘right’ of an-other. Rather, marriage is a contract between two con-senting adults, creating a community of two who can control the conditions of that community, such as buying a house together, raising or not raising children, or co-signing on a large purchase (Constitution Society). In this way, marriage is like buying a house, which is a contract between the seller and the buyer. A seller can-not deny individuals the abil-ity to buy a home based only on their race, sex, or creed, as this would be discrimina-tion made unlawful by civil laws. In that same way, a state government should not be allowed to deny two consenting individuals from signing into a marriage con-tract simply because of their sex or sexual preference.
A second reason why Prop. 8 is unconstitutional is because of contractual rights of American citizens. State governments cannot pass laws that will interfere with the obligations of contracts
overturning of Prop. 22 and the passing of Prop. 8 in Cal. The fates of these couples are still unclear, but Prop. 8 clearly says that “Only a marriage between a man and a woman is valid or rec-ognized in Cal.“ (League of Women Voters, section 7.5). This wording could force the nullification of every mar-riage contract between ho-mosexual couples in Cal., and will disallow any new marriages between homo-sexual couples.
Proponents of Prop. 8 have various reasons for their belief, one of the most used of which is the idea that gay marriage will somehow break down the American family unit. However, coun-tries around the world which have accepted gay marriage have seen no harm done to opposite-sex marriages (Sterling, CBS News). In fact, countries like the Neth-erlands and Denmark have seen very little in the way of change as far as same-sex couples are concerned, and there is no empirical evidence of damage done to the institution of marriage in countries like the Neth-erlands (Sennott, the Boston Globe). Therefore, this often-used argument is easily dis-mantled by the examples of other countries who accept same-sex couples.
Proposition 8, a bill set to vote by the people of Cal.,
will deny gay couples the abil-ity to marry in that state, and says specifically that Cal. will only recognize marriages between men and women. This act of discrimination and contract denunciation is both unconstitutional and crosses the Bill of Rights.
In 2000, Cal. voters passed a bill that limited marriage to those only be-tween a man and a woman. This bill was called Proposi-tion 22, and it passed with 61 percent of the vote (Krogh, Suite101.com). In May of 2008, the supreme court of California overturned Prop-osition 22, stating that the bill was unconstitutional as it discriminated based on sexual orientation. However, in November of 2008, the is-sue of gay marriage went to vote and the Cal. Supreme Court ruling was overturned by Proposition 8.
The issue of gay mar-riage is incredibly contro-versial in the United States, with increasing tribulation for both sides. Those most affected by this issue are ar-guably homosexual couples, especially those who have married between the court’s
California’s decision on Proposition 8
By Jessica LillieA&E Editor
and their holders (Consti-tution Society). By passing Prop. 8, the state of Cal. may potentially take away the rights of contract from ho-mosexual couples.
There are also natural rights issues involved with gay marriage. The Declara-tion of Independence states that American citizens have the right of the pursuit of happiness as long as the le-gal rights of others are not harmed. By denying homo-sexuals the right to marry, Cal. has impeded upon the right for homosexuals to pur-sue what they might define as happiness in the United States.
As San Francisco attor-ney Dennis Herrera states, “This is much bigger than marriage equality, and if al-lowed to stand, could subject whole groups of people to discrimination with respect to race, gender and religion by a simple majority vote (the Sacramento Bee).” By allowing the majority to de-cide the fates of the minority, Cal. has crossed a civil line, as the Constitution should protect the rights and inter-ests of minority groups in the face of the majority rule. Many argue that, if integra-tion of school systems had gone to vote during the Civil Rights Movement, the major-ity of the country would have
voted against it based on the majority approval rate at the time. Although the sys-tem of elected officials and judges may be imperfect, it is expected that state and Supreme Court judges un-derstand and can interpret the rights given by the laws of the United States, and should therefore be the ones to decide upon the issue.
Soon, the Cal. Supreme Court must decide whether or not to uphold current mar-riages between homosexuals. I believe the Supreme Court must be obligated to allow those currently married to stay that way. Otherwise, they will be breaking the contractual obligations that those married couples are le-gally afforded.
Allowing those currently married to remain in that state is only a temporary so-lution to the gay civil rights issue. As with Prop 22, I believe the Californian Su-preme Court must overturn Prop. 8 due to its inherent discrimination and the fact that it belies the Constitu-tional rights of American cit-izens. This will accomplish a legal and civil necessity among gay couples, and for-ward America’s ability to ac-cept homosexual couples and minorities in general.
Why California courts need to overturn the ban on gay marriage
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Keeping sane during crunch time
With finals around the corner, Christmas at
Lakeland this weekend, and fall semes-ter coming to a close, I felt this edition of Pledging Musko should suggest some ways to reduce your anxieties and enjoy your remaining days at Lakeland before Winter Break.
First off, manage your time. For the last two weeks, I’ve been documenting my
time from 7 a.m. to mid-night in half hour segments. This genius ploy by one of my professors is commonly used to show students how much time they really waste. Where did the time go? Now I know. You’d be amazed how much progress you can make if you decided to start that 12-page research paper due tomorrow instead of watch-ing an hour of Cash Cab and checking what’s in the fridge every two seconds. Try set-ting out two to three hour chunks to get your work done—head to the library to dull your surroundings.
If, by off chance, you don’t have time management issues, take a break. As an expert procrastinator myself,
I tend to note the change in season to help find ways to waste time in more interest-ing ways. With all the fresh powder on the ground, don’t hesitate to have a good snow ball fight, play king of the hill, or build a snow man. There is more therapeutic gain in a whitewash than you might think.
Not to patronize, but sleep is something you shouldn’t overlook either. Mid-day naps are one of God’s great-est gifts to college students. If you aren’t going to sleep at night while you prepare for your finals, there’s nothing better than conking out after a heavy lunch. Also, studies have shown if you don’t sleep regularly, psychosis can re-
sult. Let’s not forget the Ty-ler Durden factor.
If you feel like getting off campus, there is a Habi-tat for Humanity charity concert tonight at the Para-digm Coffee House at 8 p.m. The concert features several Lakeland affiliates includ-ing, junior Jessica Lillie (stage name: Lillie Lemon), assistant professor of histo-ry, Rick Dodgson, and Buzz Meade, brother of senior Marc Meade. Paradigm Cof-fee House is located on 1022 Michigan avenue in Sheboy-gan. Admission is free.
Definitely chow down at Christmas at Lakeland this weekend. The three-day feast is free to students and their families. (Write down your
Pledging Musko
name. They’ll charge your meal plan later.) The fish and prime rib are my favor-ite. The concert is great too. All of the lavish costumes and music at the Boar’s Head Festival will put anyone in the Christmas spirit.
Lastly, don’t forget to at-tend a Christmas party of some kind, even if you aren’t invited. Heck, I crashed LC-Cab’s this week. As long as you bring a five-dollar secret Santa gift and some kind of holiday junk food, people will be pleased to indulge your presence. Hint: You get brownie points for gifting mistletoe.
With that, I wish all of Lakeland the best of luck on finals and a joyous holiday season. Pledge Musko.
By Erik HyrkasManaging Editor
EDITORIAL CARTOONBy J.D. Botana
Staff Reporter
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Lakeland’s Cary Knier publishesCary Knier’s children’s book teaches confidence and God’s loveBy Kristen VanGasseStaff Reporter
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Myspace music reviewsDylan Gilbert shows some serious talent with his indie-rock tunes
By Jessica LillieA&E Editor
Dylan Gilbert, hailing from Charlotte, North Carolina, is
a sweet treat of lyrical bliss. His experimental indie pop shows a level
of talent that most other twenty-year-olds only dream of. His layout is just as fun and thoughtful, making this MySpace page well worth the visit.
By browsing his page, one might think Dylan Gilbert has had enough exposure to last a lifetime. The left side of the page features clips of re-views from various news outlets all over the southern United States. His page is packed with videos and radio interviews, as well as free downloads of his tracks. The layout is simple and pleasing to the eye, with plenty of links to click on and Dylan Gilbert treats to discover.
The real draw to his page, how-ever, is the music itself. Having re-leased three albums already, Gilbert has plenty of tracks to choose from, and has posted some masterworks on his page. His lyrics are strong. One good example of this comes with his song, “No Mystery,” which begins with these words: “A wandering minstrel a lonely circus clown dancing through
the trees / every word is smooth as silk and sung out earnestly / But she’s getting wiser to me / there’s no mystery anymore.”
Perhaps the word ‘experimen-tal’ best describes Gilbert’s tracks. His youthful but serious sound leaves plenty of room for experi-mentation with all kinds of instru-ments and styles. Sometimes pop but more often indie and acoustic, Gilbert allows for musical freedom and still leaves room for more.
Dylan Gilbert’s interesting page is well worth visiting. With fun pictures, great graphics, and plenty of musical freebies, MyS-pacers everywhere will find some-thing to enjoy.
Website:
www.myspace.com/dylangilbert
Plays as of December 1:
139,206
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yes - also CDbaby.comLeft: Dylan Gilbert shows his quirky sense of humor. Photo via www.myspace.com/dylangilbert.
Cary Knier Johnannes, Psy.D, director of counseling services at
Lakeland, has more experience than working with just college students. She has also worked with children of various ages and backgrounds. Because of her experience, she has noticed that children seem to have one common problem: low self-es-teem. Therefore, Knier decided to actively take an interest in helping children who feel this way, and that is why she has written a children’s book.
“God’s Special Moth” is a story about a relatable character who feels that he is not important to the out-side world.
The story is about being able to accept yourself. Knier uses animal characters to convey that message to the young audience.
Knier’s main inspiration for writ-ing the book was her 19-month-old daughter, Addison. “I wanted to make sure that she always knows how spe-cial she really is,” said Cary.
“I hope that people get the mes-sage that they are special and that they are created exactly the way that they are supposed to be for a pur-pose,” said Knier. “Even if you don’t necessarily feel that love from some-one, you get to know that you are loved by God.”
The book is currently published and available to the public. The book can be purchased from the publishing company www.xlibris.com/Godsspe-
cialmoth.html, Sonlight Books for $16. It can also be purchased directly from Cary at a reduced price.
Cary is scheduled to do a book signing in Sheboygan at Sonlight Books on the 6 of Dec. from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. A portion of the proceeds goes to The Sheboygan County Interfaith Organization, which runs programs in the county such as the Bridgeway House, a home for single mothers and their children.
Above: An illistration of one of the characters in Cary Kniers book, Mr. Rabbit.Right: The covers of the Cary Knier’s new chil-dren’s book, “God’s Special Moth.”
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MEDIAREVIEWSGreat holiday giftsWinter reading
Books to read over break Great gifts to give on a variety of budgets
1. Books
2. DVDs
3. Write a poem or a song for someone
4. Board Games
5. A blanket
6. A magazine or news-paper subscription
7. iPod
8. Digital Photo book
9. A jump drive
10. Lakeland Apparel
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Mainte-nance by Robert M. Pirsig
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Adventures of the Huckleberry Finn by Marc Twain
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Wil-liams
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Mague by John Fowles
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ChristmasA Catastrophe
I asked him how he found himself hitchhiking on the streetTonight of all nights, it being Christmas Eve
He told me of his problem and how his great sleigh crashedAnd how for some unfortunate few Christmas would be trashed
While driving down the road one Christmas Eve night I saw something you won’t believe a crazy wild sight
My eyes strained through the windshield, what I saw gave me pauseBut truth be told, not ten feet away, there stood Santa Claus
It being Christmas Eve and, I of the Christian faith,Felt it necessary to halt my car in haste
And so it came to be that Christmas Eve nightThat Santa Claus himself was seated on my right
Cori and TeakBy Jessica LillieA & E Editor
By John SieglaffFun House [email protected]
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I asked him how he found himself hitchhiking on the streetTonight of all nights, it being Christmas Eve
He told me of his problem and how his great sleigh crashedAnd how for some unfortunate few Christmas would be trashed
And with just a few gifts left, I thought I’d save the day By driving Santa all around, since he had no sleigh
Just half an hour later, we had just one house remainingAnd as we pulled up, Santa started complaining
I’m one gift short, I’m sad to say, what a rotten night!And I saw that it was up to me to make things right
I thought of the children, so gentle and so sweetAnd reached for a gift behind me from the backseat
It’s okay, Santa, I said, my son can go withoutI’ll sacrifice this one gift for him and take it to the house
So I got out and walked up the front walkwayAnd to my surprise—that darn ol’ elf—took the wheel and
drove away!
He spoke as he began to cry, the kids will be so let downAfter all, Santa said, I didn’t finish my roundsI calmed the old elf down, saying, have no fear
For even I can compete with flying reindeer
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A satirist’s swan songRob’s friendly farewell to Fun House
After several semesters of writing for The Mirror, I
will be slipping back into the obscurity from whence I came. Yes, it is time for me to spread my Muskie wings and move on. Effective immediately I will officially be relinquishing my position as Fun House
writer to live a glorious life of retirement.
I believe it was Karl Marx, or perhaps Groucho, who said, “Last words are for fools who haven’t said enough already.” Today, I am that fool.
My original goal had been to maintain my column until my graduation in 2049, but I recently experienced a bout of lucidity which prompted me to rethink that ambition and consider retirement. A reader recently told me that I was an arrogant, self-indulgent, poor-excuse-for-a-journalist whose only goal was to mollycoddle my megalomaniacal tendencies through the medium of the printed word. Who am I to argue with my mother-in-law?
Reflecting upon past articles, I’ve realized that it is time to move from the puerile to the pedantic. I’ve had my fun, but now I must once again focus on my full-time job of being an academician and all that it encumbers. Hopefully I can find directions
in the student handbook.Writing for The Mirror
has not only been an enjoyable endeavor, but a mentally therapeutic one as well. Humorously expressing my feelings through a public forum has helped me through the difficulties of marriage, fatherhood, in-laws, two rounds of foreclosure, four Peter Sattler classes, and chronic insomnia. I’ve probably kept a good therapist out of work, but it was well worth it.
As it was for Michael Jordan, Brett Favre, and Michael Jackson, my decision to retire has been a difficult one. Like these great individuals, I too plan to retire with my head held high, not looking back…Ever?
With the support, encouragement, and mentorship of Martha Schott, Lori Sass, Nicole Holland, John Sieglaff, and others, I’ve been able to self-indulge my fragile ego while learning a little bit about writing—and
m y s e l f — i n the process, and I thank them for that o p p o r t u n i t y. This has been an experience I will never forget.
Finally, I’d like to thank my readers who have eagerly read each of my columns. Without you, my efforts would have gone largely unrecognized. Perhaps the three of us could have lunch some afternoon.
In the words of Tennessee Williams, “There is a time for departure, even when there is no certain place to go.” My time to depart is now.
Good humor to all.
ByRob PockatStaff [email protected]
Gore turns you greenBecome part of the Captain Planet teamBy Brandon EzzardStaff Reporter
Not too long ago, I saw a movie called An
Inconvenient Truth. If you haven’t seen it, do yourself a favor and illegally download it now. It is by far one of the funniest comedies I have ever seen.
The special effects like the polar ice caps and that big, giant robot that was talking throughout the movie was simply mind-blowing. But even though it was just a movie and is a brilliant but simple work of fiction, I started to wonder: what if something bad were to happen to the planet?
Sure, I know the planet will be here forever and ever and we have plenty of resources like oil and hot pockets to last us at least another five thousand years, but I don’t think it ever hurts to take a few precautions, just in case the robot man from An Inconvenient Truth is on to something. I wasn’t sure where to begin in my search to do my part for the planet, so I started watching old episodes of Captain Planet.
This inspired me to actually see if I could be a Planeteer just like on the show. Unfortunately, I
wasn’t qualified to become a Planeteer; apparently you can’t summon Captain Planet using a ring with the power of “Chuck Norris’ Roundhouse kick to the face.”
Next, I tried to pick up trash on the side of the road, which was going well until I found out it was one of those adopt-a-highway ordeals. Let me tell you, those nuns have no problem pulling a switchblade out on you for picking up an empty Hardees bag on their turf.
After that near death experience, I thought I would play it safe by hanging out with some guys from an organization known as “Bring Back Green.” Unfortunately, I learned this organization was not about helping the environment, but more about making a “certain something” more mainstream again. What? No, I don’t mean marijuana silly, I mean getting Tom Green back on the air and on network television.
By this point, saving the earth was becoming very overwhelming, and so I did what I always do when I am passionate about something—give up. I mean, really, if global warming is real, we only have ourselves to blame, what with the increase in greenhouse gases and farting (you know who you are).
So instead of preventing the inevitable, I decided to prepare for it. First, if I was going to live through the eventual aftermath of global warming, then I was going to do so in style. So I went to my local Abercrombie and Fitch and checked out their “It’s the end of the world” post-apocalyptic clothing line.
Fashion tip: mutated cow hide is going to be totally in for the fall nuclear winter season.
Afterwards, I stumbled upon some kind of eco-awareness protest rally. If you have never heard of one of these, it’s like an anti-war rally, but with forty percent more incense in the air. It turned out the rally was protesting Wal-Mart and making wild accusations about how their plastic bags are made by chimps in the Brazilian rainforest.
That was the last straw for me with this environmentally friendly crap; it’s one thing to create a fictional movie about melting ice; it’s another thing when you pick on Wal-Mart, the wholesome, good-natured business that is just trying to scrape by in these hard economical times. Besides that, where else can you find “Steven Seagal’s greatest direct to video collection?” Not at Big Lots, I can tell you that.
The person leading this rally, let’s call him “Shaggy” since he looked like that dirty hippie from Scooby Doo, slandered Wal-Mart and wouldn’t shut up. The only crime that store is guilty of is not having enough stores.
So I had no choice but to resort to violence. I jumped on the stage and before he could
react, I shoved a Culver’s Butter Burger down his throat. What was the point of that, you ask? “Shaggy was a vegan, and the moment that grade A beef went down his peace-and-love-proposing gullet, he was now part of the so called “problem.”
Oh it’s quite a sight to see a hippie try to regurgitate a half pound of beef while the song “Incense and Peppermints” is playing over the loud speakers for no apparent reason. After posting bail money to get out of jail for harming an endangered species (yeah, apparently hippies are on the verge of extinction. Who knew?), I sat by a toxic lake and realized something: this planet called Earth is my home.
Sure, it’s not perfect, what with all the pollution, wars, and Australia being on it. But I couldn’t think of anywhere else I’d rather be than here—well, maybe that world from the Never Ending Story.
So what if there is an increase in greenhouse gases, and who cares if the polar ice caps are melting? As long as there are still plenty of ice cubes left for my jack and coke, I’m fine with it. Mother Earth, I love you and your inability to block harmful UV rays from burning the crap out of my skin.
Above: A futile attempt to block Rob from the door before making his final exit from The Mirror and out of my life.Left: Rob struggling for his departure.
Above: The ultimate super hero with his squared jaw and valiant stance.
Issue 6, December 4, 2008 FeaturesThe Lakeland College
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To Write Love on Her Arms
By Becky Meyer Staff Reporter
Proving that love can save people’s lives
On Nov. 13, a movement which started two years ago in Florida
found its way to Lakeland’s students, appearing in permanent marker on Jessica Field’s arm. It took over a week for the marker to come off.
Nov. 13 was To Write Love on Her Arms Day. Participants wrote “Love” on their arms to help raise awareness of suicide, depression, and self injury.
Throughout the day, Fields said that people asked her about the writ-ing on her arms and she explained the significance of it.
“A lot of people thought it was cool,” she said.
Even though several people did ask about it, Fields said, “A lot less people than I expected noticed it.”
The Love Movement officially be-gan in Florida in 2006 when Renee Yohe, then 19, could not afford drug treatment. Renee’s friends pulled to-gether to raise money for her treat-ment. They created a Myspace page and sold t-shirts. Jamie Tworkowski, the official founder of the non-profit organization To Write Love on Her Arms (TWLOHA), wrote a story of Re-nee’s struggles with cocaine addiction, cutting, depression, and alcohol.
According to the TWLOHA Web-site, “The story and the life it repre-sented were both things of contrast—pain and hope, addiction and sobriety, regret and the possibility of freedom. The story’s title ‘To Write Love on Her Arms’ was also a goal, believing that a better life was possible.”
Switchfoot and Anberlin were some of the first bands to support the cause by sporting TWLOHA t-shirts, and since 2006, the Love Movement has become a worldwide phenomenon. In the two and a half years of its ex-istence, TWLOHA has reportedly re-sponded to 80,000 messages from peo-ple in 40 countries.
Freshman Jessica Fields partici-pated in this event because her best friend self-injures.
“I did it to show I care about her,” she said.
“I used to cut myself.” “There’s a lot of people who do it secretively.”
According to the World Health Or-ganization, 121 million people world-wide suffer from depression, and ac-cording to the National Institute of Mental Health, 18 million people in the United States suffer from depres-sion.
Cary Knier, director of counsel-ing services, knows the symptoms to look for in individuals suffering from depression. People suffering from this medical illness feel sad or down, do not have a lot of energy, feel irritable and become more irritated with others, have changes in sleep habits (getting too much or too little sleep), eat more or less than usual, have difficulty con-centrating, and have more thoughts
about death or dying.Knier said that the best thing
a person suffering from depression can do is “talk to someone about it.” “That’s a good start.” She names friends or family members as people one can talk to, but she said that later the person should talk to someone in the medical field.
“It gets worse when it’s left un-
treated,” she said.Individuals suffering from depres-
sion may feel apprehensive to take the step of talking to a counselor or any other professional, but confidentiality is always guaranteed between patient and professional prior to treatment or counseling, unless the individual is threatening to hurt him/herself or others. Counseling at Lakeland is free to students.
Regarding the issue of self injury, Knier said that she does not need to report individuals who self harm be-cause it is “a way to release some of
the emotional pain someone is feel-ing,” and it does not necessarily mean the individual is suicidal. Knier or any other professional will help the self harmer develop a list of things he or she can do instead of resorting to self injury.
Suggestions that Knier provides are calling a friend or family member, going for a walk with a friend, watch-
ing a movie, or any other “things that are not harmful.”
Knier said that organizations such as TWLOHA can be effective for people who suffer from depression.
“I think it’s a good way for people to get more information and know that they’re not alone,” she said. “It can of-fer good suggestions to people.”
“My only hesitation is when people use that as their primary help. The best thing is to talk to a professional.”
Fields became interested in the Love Movement after hearing about it from a friend. Her friend was a fan of
Hawthorne Heights and “they kind of blew it [TWLOHA] up,” she said.
“On Warped Tour, they actually had their own tent there,” Fields said of the organization.
Numerous other bands have fol-lowed in the footsteps of Switchfoot, Anberline, and Hawthorne Heights in supporting the Love Movement. Thrice, Underoath, Amy Lee of Eva-nescence, and Hayley Williams of Par-amore have all been spotted wearing TWLOHA t-shirts at their concerts.
Fields said that she is impacted by the cause.
“Someone is writing love on their arms for me, even though they don’t know me,” she said.
Fields said that she would tell individuals struggling with depres-sion, “Just know that there’s some-one out there who cares about you,” Fields said of the advice she would give to individuals struggling with depression.“There’s gonna be someone who needs you.”
“If you weren’t meant to be here, you wouldn’t be.”
Renee Yohe is now sober and cur-rently living in Florida, and she re-cently wrote a book about her strug-gles with addiction and self-harm. The book is titled Purpose for the Pain and is a collection of journals chroni-cling her journey to sobriety. The book is available at the TWLOHA online store.
To find out more about the Love Movement or what you can do to help, visit www.myspace.com/towriteloveo-nherarms or http://www.twloha.com/
Above: Freshman Jessica Fields participates in To Write Love on Her Arms Day(TWLOHA) on Nov. 13 to show her support to one of her friends.
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Above: Jessie Fields had students write “love” on her arm in different languages during TWLOHA Day.
12 Issue 6, December 4, 2008The Lakeland College
M I R R O R 13Sports Issue 6, December 4, 2008The Lakeland College
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Despite a tear jerking 24-6 loss to Aurora University
in the final game of the sea-son, the Lakeland College football team established a positive finish to the season as the Northern Athletics Conference All-Conference were recently announced towards the Muskie’s favor.
Senior wide receiver Matt Pawlyk and senior lineback-er John Wagner each came way with the big hardware as Pawlyk earned the Offen-sive Player of the Year Award and Wagner earned Defensive Player of the Year Award in the inaugural Northern Ath-letics Conference.
On the ‘dark side’ of the field, Wagner led the NAC with 124 tackles, which also ranked him sixth in the na-tion averaging 12.2 tackles per game. Following this past season’s statistics, Wagner has set the bar pretty high
This 5-foot-6 sophomore point guard has helped
made quite the impact for the women’s basketball team this so far this season.
"Mary's been playing ex-tremely well for us [recently], and we rewarded her for that with a start tonight," Lake-land head coach Teri John-son said. "We are extremely pleased with her contributions so far this season."
By John WagnerStaff Reporter
Going into this year, the youthful Muskies were
tabbed to finish third in the North Division of the Northern Athletics Conference. As of late, however, the women’s basketball team has shown great glimpses of success as they have won three of their last five games and also placed second at the “Play with Grace” Coaches against Cancer Tip-Off Tournament held at Lakeland in Nov.
In the first game of the year on Nov. 17, the Musk-ies faced off against Carroll University, which is a tough team that is always in conten-tion for the Midwest Confer-ence title from year-to-year. With the stands packed in the Wolzen Gymnasium, the wom-en’s basketball team was on a mission to put on a show.
Despite trailing 42-29 in the first half, the ladies turned around in the second half having 63 percent of their shots go in and also shooting 80 percent from the charity line. Leading the way for the Muskies in the points and re-bounds category was junior K.C. Blahnik who netted 29 points and brought down nine rebounds.
According to head coach Teri Johnson, Blahnik works so hard on the boards which is what makes her such a great rebounder.
Defensively, they held Carroll to just 33 points in the second half and a dismal 35 percent field goal percentage in the game in route to the 79-75 win.
On Nov. 21, they contin-ued their winning ways as they won their opening game of the annual Tip-Off Tourna-ment 84-62 against Lawrence University.
Offensively, the Muskies were led by freshman Becca Paulson who netted 20 points, 12 of which were from behind the arc. Also aiding in the vic-tory were four other Muskies who scored double digit point totals: senior Kasey Gussert, who had 13 points; junior K.C. Blahnik, who had 14 points; junior Katie Kilton, who had ten points; and sophomore Mary Denewitz, who had 14 points.
In championship game of the Tip-Off Tournament, the Muskies dropped a tough fought game against Cornell College 54-43. Despite the loss, sophomore Mary Dene-witz provided some hope, as she netted 14 points. Accord-
Women’s basketball off to 3-2 startTeam starts season nabbing 2nd place at Tip-Off TournamentBy Jacob FriasSports Editor
Mary is 9 for 11 in her three point shots and averaging 13 points a game, 3 rebounds, and 3 assists. Dennewitz is an accounting major.
"Mary is bringing leader-ship on the court, which you need from the point guard position," Johnson said. "She needs that mental toughness and competitive edge to be able to lead our five we have on the court, and she's doing that very well. Mary has the capability to be a strong pass-er and can score well of the dribble."
Volleyball ends season with honorsBy Brad WilkStaff Reporter
Several Lakeland College volleyball players won
awards and the team finished up another solid season.
Lakeland lost 3-0 in the NCAA Tournament to UW-Oshkosh and they finished 25-11, which is tied for the second most wins in a season in school history.
Junior outside hitter Brit-tanie Paulus was named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Division III honorable mention all-American team and she was named to the AVCA Division III All-Midwest Region team.
Paulus, seniors Jessica Sparling and Heidi Kramer and junior Kim Linger were all named first-team all-Northern Athletics Confer-ence.
Lakeland head coach Chad Schreiber was named the conference's Coach of the Year.
12 players earn all-conference honorsSeniors Wagner and Pawlyk take home heavy hardware
By Jacob FriasSports Editor
Above: Three Muskie defenders show off their defensive skills in the championship game of the Tip-Off tourna-ment.
JEFF KERNEN PHOTOGRAPHY
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Below: John Wagner, NAC’s Defensive Player of the Year, leads his troops to the line.
Left: MVP of the Issue Mary Denewitz drives up the court.
Right: Jake Heinemeyer earns an hon-orable mention in the all-conference awards. He tallied 7 total touchdowns this season.
MVP of the Issue
Mary Denewitz
ing to Johnson, this is the type of loss that is going to prepare the team for tougher conference games during the season.
Following the tourna-ment, sophomore Mary De-newitz and freshman Becca Paulson were both named to the All-Tournament team for their superior performances throughout the weekend tour-nament.
On Nov. 26, the Muskies revisited their winning ways as they defeated Rockford College 62-59 in the Northern Athletics Conference game.
Sophomore Mary Denewitz hit three free throws in the closing seconds of the game to put the Muskies ahead for good. Denewitz finished the day with 18 points, four re-bounds, and four assists.
“She is proving to be a leader on the court as well as off the bench,” said Johnson
Off the bench, junior Chelsea Coenen contributed in many ways as her hustle provided eleven points and nine rebounds in the winning effort. Leading the team over-all in rebounds for the game was junior K.C. Blahnik who
brought down 12. On Tues. Dec. 2, the la-
dies battled at home against Elmhurst College.
“[Elmhurst] is probably our toughest opponent all year and we were excited about that,” said Johnson, “but we really laid an egg in the first half.” According to Johnson, giving up 19 turnovers and being out-rebounded really hurt the team. “I don’t feel like Elmhurst really beat us, I feel like we beat ourselves.”
Despite trailing 35-23 go-ing into halftime, the Muskies were able to get some spark out of the locker room during the intermission as they out-scored the Blue jays 41-36 in the second half.
“We’re capable of coming from behind. We’re capable of
getting a spark in us and put-ting the first half behind us.” said Johnson.
Despite feeling under the weather during the game, ju-nior Katie Kilton led all scor-ers with 22 points.
“She played big; she had it,” said Johnson, “defen-sively, she fought very hard against girls she was under-sized against. She found her rhythm and was our hot hand for a while.”
Other not able contribu-tors in the 71-64 loss were ju-niors K.C. Blahnik, who scored 11 points and nabbed eight re-bounds, and Chelsea Coenen, who netted 17 points.
The Muskie’s next game will be tonight at Maranatha Baptist.
for anybody who tries filling his spot next season as he has totaled 418 tackles and 15.5 sacks in his four year career as a Muskie.
On the offensive side of the field, Pawlyk toasted op-posing defensive backs with ease as the 6 foot 5 inch, 200 pound Marinette native tal-lied 98.0 receiving yards per game, as well as, 5.5 yards per catch. More importantly, Pawlyk led the NAC in touch-down receptions with 13. Overall, Pawlyk reeled in 88 catches for 1414 yards and 20 touchdowns in his four year career as a Muskie.
Pawlyk and Wagner were not the only Muskies receiv-ing All-Conference honors. The entire list of players is as follows:
OffenseFirst Team:
Matt PawlykAaron Kraemer
Honorable Mention:
Jake Heinemeyer Jake Dworak
DefenseFirst Team:
John WagnerMatt Stuebs Keith Woodson
Second Team:
Brent Miller
Honorable Mention:
Mike Nerat Justin MedardJaime Schramm Isiah Calhoun
JEFF KERNEN PHOTOGRAPHY
14 Issue 6, December 4, 2008 Sports The Lakeland College
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The Lakeland wrestling team is 1-4 in its first five
dual meets, but head coach Pete Rogers is happy with the Muskies so far this season because they have been wres-tling some very good competi-tion.
At the annual Lakeland duals on Nov. 15, Lakeland lost to St. John’s University 28-13, who is currently ranked No. 7 in the nation and who recently beat the No. 1 team in the nation in a dual meet. On Nov. 18, Lakeland lost to UW-Stevens Point, which is ranked No. 11 in the nation, 21-18. Though there have been some tough losses thus far, the Muskies have come re-ally close against some of the best teams in Division III.
“To be honest, I was su-per nervous” (going into the Lakeland Duals), Rogers said. “Some of the teams we wres-tled, I knew they were good, but I just didn’t know how good. Now, looking back, we did compete well.
“I’m excited now. I don’t think our record shows the type of team we have, which is kind of cool, too, because we’re kind of flying under the ra-dar screen right now. I guess I didn’t realize we were on that level, especially when we were getting our butts kicked on that first day.”
Lakeland also lost at the Lakeland Duals to North Cen-
tral, 37-9, who is currently ranked number eight in the nation.
“I think we’re headed in the direction we want to be, and I’m hoping this makes us better for the end of the year,” Rogers said.
Junior Adam Sutter is 5-0 this season at heavyweight, and Rogers said he is wres-tling well especially since peo-ple know how good he is this season after he had a great season last year.
“He’s been wrestling some good guys and they’re trying to keep it close with him,” Rogers said.
“He wins matches a little closer than last year when people didn’t really know who he was. Now they’re trying to wrestle him differently.”
Senior Jonas Flok is 4-1 at 157 pounds and the lone loss was against a wrestler from UW-Parkside, which is a Divi-sion II school. He won a major decision over Matt Baarson from St. John’s , and Baarson recently beat the No. 3 ranked wrestler at 157 in the nation.
Rogers said other wres-tlers doing well are junior Jake Frias, who is 3-1 at 165, senior David Copp, who is 3-2 at 125, freshman Josh De-Luca at 174 and senior Kory Thiel at 141.
The Muskies are still dealing with some injuries, and Rogers said they will have to forfeit the match at 133 pounds every meet until they get 100 percent healthy. He said he hopes to have the
Wrestling battles ranked teamsRogers is happy with team’s performance against elite opponentsBy Brad WilkStaff [email protected]
JEFF KERNEN PHOTOGRAPHY
The Muskies were able to prevail 68-67. This win
gave Coach Aaron Aanonsen his first career win as Lakeland’s head basketball coach.
"We did a phenomenal job tonight of understanding our game plan," Aanonsen said. "Our guys tried very hard to execute and understood what we were looking for on the de-fensive end. There was never a doubt we were going to win that game, and that's the con-fidence we need to play with the rest of the season."
Jake Schwarz, a fresh-man forward from Sheboygan, put down two free throws in the final seconds of the game to give Lakeland the lead for good.
"We ran a high ball-screen play from the wing, Josh re-fused the screen and made a fantastic pass to Jake," Aan-onsen said. "Jake was able to pump fake on the block and draw the foul. They called a timeout to try and ice him,
but he was able to knock them down."
Freshman, Eric Vandivier got on fire scoring six points in the last two minutes of the game to give Lakeland the lead. The Mt. Prospect, Ill., native was 6-of-9 from the field and had four steals.
"'Vandy' played with con-fidence that started on the de-fensive end," Aanonsen said. "He was active in the passing lanes and gaps. His defense fueled his offense, and he was able to get some easy jump-ers from the corner as a re-sult of our penetration off ball screens."
Freshman, Josh Regal also played very well scoring 23 points, seven rebounds, and five assists.
"I was a little nervous be-fore the game, but when we got into the locker room, coach told us not to play scared, or we'll make mistakes," Regal said. "Tonight I really just played my game. We've talked a lot about being the aggres-sor, so I was able to take the ball to the hole without play-ing scared."
In Lakeland’s second game against MacMurray, the
Muskies were able to come away with another close vic-tory 72-70 in overtime.
Regal was able to force overtime with 24 seconds left in regulation. Regal brought the ball up the court and drove the lane passed defenders. He bounced the ball off the glass for two and was fouled on the play.
"Josh made a great play by splitting the ball screen and finding the lane," Aanon-sen said of the final offensive play in regulation. "He had a tough, freshman-type night, but was able to fight through it and make a play."
The Muskies struggled against MacMurray's zone defense in the second half, shooting just 28.6 percent in the frame while surrendering 10 turnovers in the process.
Freshman, forward Ger-mell Heard finished with 21 points, and seven rebounds, to lead the Muskies.
"Germell is just another really hard worker who's been a pleasant surprise finishing around the basket," Aanonsen said. "He's probably the best athlete on the team."
Basketball off to good start
By John WagnerStaff Reporter
Basketball team sneaking past competition as of late
lineup at full strength when the team goes to Las Vegas over Christ-mas break.
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Above: Head coach Pete Rogers dis-cusses strategy with one of his wrestlers.
Left: Heavyweight Adam Sutter snaps down on his opponents neck.
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Right: Eric Vandivier pulls up for a fade away jumper.
Below: The men’s baskeball team huddles during a timeout.
Above: 149 lbs. Isaac Roberson works for a takedown against his opponent
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